Horse-collar.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1906.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. ESTES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE GATE CITY HORSE COLLAR COMPANY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed May 21,1906. Serial No. 318.013.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM B. ESTES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of i Georgia, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horse-collars.

In the manufacture of fabric horse-collars difficulty has been experienced in attaching the clamping or holding means in position because of the character of the material. Many attempts have been made to cure this defect, as by facing the attaching-point with a stronger material or extending the clamp to permit of it taking a better hold; but these attempts are defective in many particulars, and according to my invention I propose to provide an endless strap or the like to extend completely around the collar between the rim and the body thereof, so that the pull thereon is distributed downwardly throughout the entire structure. Furthermore, in securing the strap I perform an additional function, in that a reinforced seat is provided for the hames, the strap being stitched or otherwise fastened to the folded seams of the rim and body blanks.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved collar. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section view on the line 0c 90, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken through the strap. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail horizontal section on the line 12 y, Fig. 3.

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1 indicates a fabric horse-collar comprising the usual body 2 and rim 3.

The blank from which the body portion 2 is constructed may be of any approved con struction, and the ends of the blank are brought together and stitched, as shown at a. The ends of the rim-blank are brought to gether, and a short distance from the edge thereof they are stitched, as Sl.O\VIl at 6. Before stitches 6 are formed a preferably leather strap 7 is placed on the outer side of the blank and overlaps the edge of said blank and is secured thereto by said StltCiBS 6. The stitched edges of the body-blank are slipped between the ends of the rim-blank and against the stitching 6. When tlie two blanks and the strap are thus assembled, a

row of stitches 9 secure the opposite edges of the strap and the ends of the two blanks, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The strap extends somewhat beyond the collar, and to one end is attached a buckle 10, and the other end is free and formed with openings to cooperate with the tongue of buckle 10, as will be clearly understood by reference to the drawings.

By securing a strap between the rim and body of a fabric collar a substantial reinforced hame-seat is provided, and at the saute time the fastening means cannot be pulled away from the fabric. The outward strain of the collar-sections is not limited to a small area of the collar, as heretofore, but, on the contrary, is distributed throughout the whole collar structure. This is equally true with the downward strain of the fastening device. For instance, when the collar is jerked up on the neck of the animal the strain pulls the fastening device away from the fabric; but this strain, according to my invention, is equally distributed.

What I claim is- 1. A horse-collar comprising a rim and a body portion, a fastening device constructed of yielding material throughout its entire length and extending entirely around the collar and secured between the rim and the body portion, and a buckle on one free end of the yielding fastening device with which the 0p posite free end of said yielding fastening device cooperates to secure the collar in position.

2. A fabric horse-collar comprising a rim and a body portion, the ends of the blanks of the rim and body portion overlapping a leather strap over the overlapping ends of said rim and body blanks, said leather strap extending beyond the collar, a buckle secured to one free end of the leather strap with which the other free end of said leather strap cooperates to secure the collar in position.

3. A horse-collar cou'iprising a rim and a body portion, a row of stitches securing the ends of the body-blank, a row of stitches securing the edges of the rim-blank and a strap, a strap extending entirely around the collar and sontewhat beyond the sante, a row of stitches securing the strap and edges of the rim and body blanks, a buckle on one free end of the strap with which the other free end of said strap cooperates to secure the ing entirely around the collar for holding the collar in position. sections together, and means for securing 4. In combination, a fabric horsecollar, the strap and the rim and body sections to- 15 and a fastening device constructed of matei gether. rial which yields throughout its entire length In testimony whereof I have signed my and extends entirely around the collar and name to this specification in the presence of somewlgt beyondf tlllle same, a lofcking device two subscribing witnesses. on one ee end 0 t e ieldin astenin device with which the oth er'free bnd of said de- WILLIAM ESTES vice cooperates.

5. A fabric horse-collar comprising rim and body sections, a fastening-strap extend- Witnesses:

W. A. GRESHAM, M. C. LEGGETT. 

